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| 7/18/2010 - 53 days ago (17 total stories) |
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(future word: in Afghanistan may start small, Biden said Sunday that progress, leaving in July 20)
USATODAY.com News - Top Stories - date posted: 7/18/2010 7:44 PM - 52 days ago - date added: 7/18/2010 8:17 PM - 52 days ago - Evening - 2 rank - [direct link]
Vice President Biden said Sunday that progress in Afghanistan has been "a tough slog," but he said U.S. troops will begin leaving in July 20 ... |
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(future word: US troops may leave Afghanistan, in the first phase of, beginning a year from now, interview broadcast Sunday)
CNN.com - date posted: 7/18/2010 11:02 AM - 52 days ago - date added: 7/18/2010 8:47 AM - 52 days ago - Morning - 4 rank - [direct link]
As few as "a couple of thousand" U.S. troops may leave Afghanistan in the first phase of withdrawing forces from there beginning a year from now, Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview ... |
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(future word: attack comes two days before a meeting, suicide bomber Sunday killed at)
Los Angeles Times - Top News - date posted: 7/18/2010 4:38 AM - 53 days ago - date added: 7/18/2010 7:47 AM - 52 days ago - Morning - 2 rank - [direct link]
The Kabul attack comes two days before a meeting of senior diplomats and officials from at least 60 nations, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Amid sharply heightened security in ... |
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(future word: explosive devices Sunday to make, felt just two days before a landmark)
NYT > NYTimes.com Home - date posted: 7/18/2010 4:22 AM - 53 days ago - date added: 7/18/2010 4:47 AM - 53 days ago - Night - 8 rank - [direct link]
Insurgents used a prison break, suicide bomb and improvised explosive devices Sunday to make their presence felt just two days before a landmark international conference. |
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(future word: Kandahar Afghanistan Friday July 16 2010 AP Photo/Rodrigo)
MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - date posted: 7/18/2010 1:27 AM - 53 days ago - date added: 7/18/2010 1:47 AM - 53 days ago - Night - 9 rank - [direct link]
An Afghan official says a suicide bombing has killed three civilians in eastern Kabul and wounded several others more.
Suicide attack - Kabul - Afghanistan - Warfare and Conflict - Middle ... |
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(future word: to take first tangible step)
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - date posted: 7/18/2010 12:00 AM - 53 days ago - date added: 7/18/2010 8:02 PM - 52 days ago - Evening - 2 rank - [direct link]
Obama administration persuades nations to take first tangible step toward bilateral cooperation.
Afghanistan - Presidency of Barack Obama - United States - Asia - Pakistan |
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(future word: to take first tangible step)
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - date posted: 7/18/2010 12:00 AM - 53 days ago - date added: 7/18/2010 1:32 PM - 52 days ago - Afternoon - 2 rank - [direct link]
Obama administration persuades nations to take first tangible step toward bilateral cooperation.
Obama administration - Afghanistan - Asia - United States - Pakistan |
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(future word: diplomats arriving Tuesday attack in)
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - date posted: 7/18/2010 12:00 AM - 53 days ago - date added: 7/18/2010 11:17 AM - 52 days ago - Morning - 3 rank - [direct link]
With top international diplomats arriving Tuesday, attack in Kabul ramps up security fears.
Kabul - Afghanistan - Asia - Arts and Entertainment - Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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(future word: diplomats arriving Tuesday Blast in)
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - date posted: 7/18/2010 12:00 AM - 53 days ago - date added: 7/18/2010 9:17 AM - 52 days ago - Morning - 3 rank - [direct link]
With top international diplomats arriving Tuesday, Blast in Kabul ramps up security fears.
Kabul - Afghanistan - Asia - Arts and Entertainment - NATO |
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(future word: After years of rebuilding)
Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/18/2010 10:02 PM - 52 days ago - Night - 5 rank - [direct link]
The goal is to transform Afghanistan into a modern nation, fueled by a U.S.-led effort pouring $60 billion into bringing electricity, clean water, jobs, roads and education to this crippled country. ... |
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(future word: comes to next summer planned)
Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/18/2010 6:32 AM - 52 days ago - Morning - 4 rank - [direct link]
Vice President Joe Biden is taking a more cautious approach when it comes to next summer's planned military U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan.
Joe Biden - United States - ... |
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| 7/17/2010 - 54 days ago (14 total stories) |
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(future word: southern Afghanistan Saturday July 17 2010 AP Photo/Kevin, on an upcoming conference in)
MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - date posted: 7/17/2010 5:52 PM - 53 days ago - date added: 7/17/2010 10:17 PM - 53 days ago - Night - 2 rank - [direct link]
Five NATO troops died in roadside bombings in Afghanistan as international forces announced they foiled a terrorist attack on an upcoming conference in Kabul to be attended by leaders from more than ... |
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(future word: Afghanistan on Saturday on a, and the future of the)
CNN.com - date posted: 7/17/2010 1:41 PM - 53 days ago - date added: 7/17/2010 11:02 AM - 53 days ago - Morning - 7 rank - [direct link]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to Afghanistan on Saturday on a mission that will take her to a major international conference in Kabul focusing on the problems and the future of the ... |
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(future word: of Jamrud Friday July 16 2010 A powerful, Afghan border Friday killing several, 16 people Saturday in northwestern)
MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - date posted: 7/16/2010 10:33 PM - 54 days ago - date added: 7/17/2010 2:02 AM - 54 days ago - Night - 12 rank - [direct link]
Militants armed with assault rifles ambushed a convoy of civilian vehicles killing 16 people Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, the scene of extensive military operations targeting Islamist ... |
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(future word: inmates escaped early Sunday after explosives were)
Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/17/2010 11:32 PM - 53 days ago - Night - 3 rank - [direct link]
A guard and a prisoner were killed and 11 inmates escaped early Sunday after explosives were smuggled in and detonated at a prison in western Afghanistan.
Afghanistan - ... |
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| 7/16/2010 - 55 days ago (10 total stories) |
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(future word: love at first sight Almost)
chron.com Chronicle - date posted: 7/16/2010 7:19 PM - 54 days ago - date added: 7/16/2010 7:32 PM - 54 days ago - Evening - 2 rank - [direct link]
When Marine Cpl. Brian Chambers met Kiki -- a 3-week-old kitten -- it was love at first sight. Almost. |
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(future word: As of Friday July 16 2010 at least, Afghanistan in late 2001 according to)
Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/16/2010 4:05 PM - 54 days ago - Afternoon - 4 rank - [direct link]
As of Friday, July 16, 2010, at least 1,099 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an ... |
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(future word: in Afghanistan First Lt Christopher, both killed Tuesday in separate)
StarTribune.com rss feed - date added: 7/16/2010 10:38 AM - 54 days ago - Morning - 1 rank - [direct link]
First Lt. Christopher Goeke, 23, of Apple Valley and Spc. Matthew Johnson, 21, of Maplewood were both killed Tuesday in separate incidents. |
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(future word: was killed Tuesday while responding)
StarTribune.com rss feed - date added: 7/16/2010 9:03 AM - 54 days ago - Morning - 1 rank - [direct link]
In a statement issued through the Army, his family says 1st Lt. Christopher Goeke was killed Tuesday while responding to an attack on an Afghanistan National Army facility in Kandahar City. |
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| 7/15/2010 - 56 days ago (4 total stories) |
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(future word: Washington in this July 13 2010 file photo, to Afghanistan next week for a)
MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - date posted: 7/15/2010 10:51 PM - 55 days ago - date added: 7/15/2010 11:32 PM - 55 days ago - Night - 4 rank - [direct link]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Afghanistan next week for a crucial conference that U.S. officials hope will clarify the long-term goals of an expensive, unpopular and increasingly ... |
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(future word: Vt soldier first to be)
Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/15/2010 8:08 AM - 55 days ago - Morning - 6 rank - [direct link]
The family of a Vermont National Guard soldier killed in Afghanistan say they were proud to hold a public welcome home ceremony for his remains.
Vermont - Afghanistan - ... |
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| 7/14/2010 - 57 days ago (18 total stories) |
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(future word: killed in two days Coalition troop)
CNN.com - date posted: 7/14/2010 9:55 AM - 56 days ago - date added: 7/14/2010 8:02 AM - 56 days ago - Morning - 2 rank - [direct link]
Coalition troop deaths in Afghanistan continued to add up in what has been a hot and bloody struggle, with eight American and four British troops slain over the last 48 hours. |
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(future word: in recent weeks, in recent weeks for American, southern Afghanistan late Tuesday and Wednesday including a)
Los Angeles Times - Top News - date posted: 7/14/2010 9:25 AM - 56 days ago - date added: 7/14/2010 10:02 AM - 56 days ago - Morning - 2 rank - [direct link]
An assault on an Afghan police headquarters, a roadside bomb and a small-arms attack mark one of the deadliest 24-hour periods for American forces in recent weeks.
In one of the deadliest ... |
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(future word: attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday NATO said)
NYT > NYTimes.com Home - date posted: 7/14/2010 7:31 AM - 56 days ago - date added: 7/14/2010 8:17 AM - 56 days ago - Morning - 5 rank - [direct link]
At least eight members of the American-led forces in Afghanistan were killed in attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday, NATO said. The dead included three Americans. |
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(future word: D-Mich questioned Tuesday why the)
washingtonpost.com - Politics - date posted: 7/14/2010 12:00 AM - 57 days ago - date added: 7/14/2010 11:32 PM - 56 days ago - Night - 23 rank - [direct link]
Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.) questioned Tuesday why the State Department had not placed the two most potent Taliban groups fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan on its list of terrorist organizations ... |
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(future word: Marjah barely six months after a major)
Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/14/2010 10:17 AM - 56 days ago - Morning - 7 rank - [direct link]
The Afghan government has replaced its representative in the troubled southern district of Marjah, barely six months after a major military offensive retook it from the Taliban.
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| 7/13/2010 - 58 days ago (9 total stories) |
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(future word: British troops early Tuesday in southern, four others before escaping)
Los Angeles Times - Top News - date posted: 7/13/2010 5:38 AM - 57 days ago - date added: 7/13/2010 6:02 AM - 57 days ago - Morning - 1 rank - [direct link]
The motive for the assault in Helmand province is unknown. The attack could embarrass Kabul and Washington as the U.S. tries to get Afghan forces to assume more responsibility for security.
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(future word: who fled after the slayings, Azimi said Tuesday)
Los Angeles Times - Top News - date posted: 7/13/2010 3:42 AM - 58 days ago - date added: 7/13/2010 4:04 AM - 58 days ago - Night - 1 rank - [direct link]
Four others are wounded. Afghan President Hamid Karzai apologizes for the attack by the soldier, who fled after the slayings.
An Afghan soldier working with international forces killed three ... |
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(future word: during his first visit here, neighboring Afghanistan this month)
MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - date posted: 7/12/2010 5:54 PM - 58 days ago - date added: 7/13/2010 12:32 AM - 58 days ago - Night - 8 rank - [direct link]
U.S. Gen. David Petraeus lauded Pakistan's efforts at battling Islamist militants during his first visit here since taking over as top NATO commander in neighboring Afghanistan this month.
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(future word: returned from morning prayers Tuesday in eastern)
Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/13/2010 1:17 AM - 58 days ago - Night - 4 rank - [direct link]
Attackers assassinated a district statistics chief as he returned from morning prayers Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, an official said, the latest of a wave of Taliban attacks on government ... |
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| 7/12/2010 - 59 days ago (10 total stories) |
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(future word: a vote this month on funding)
washingtonpost.com - Politics - date posted: 7/13/2010 12:00 AM - 58 days ago - date added: 7/12/2010 11:17 PM - 58 days ago - Night - 9 rank - [direct link]
As the House neared a vote this month on funding for the war in Afghanistan, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) wanted reassurance. The lawmaker had criticized the surge of 30,000 troops President Obama ... |
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(future word: was killed July 10 when insurgents, Defense announced Monday)
chron.com Chronicle - date posted: 7/12/2010 10:30 PM - 58 days ago - date added: 7/12/2010 10:47 PM - 58 days ago - Night - 3 rank - [direct link]
Jesse Ainsworth, a 24-year-old staff sergeant and father of two from Dayton, was killed July 10 when insurgents attacked his unit in Walaskan, Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Monday. |
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(future word: more attacks this year than at any time since early in the, group said Monday)
MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - date posted: 7/12/2010 11:28 AM - 58 days ago - date added: 7/12/2010 2:17 PM - 58 days ago - Afternoon - 6 rank - [direct link]
Taliban insurgents are carrying out more attacks this year than at any time since early in the war, killing increasing numbers of civilians, an Afghan rights group said Monday.
Taliban - ... |
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(future word: visited a year ago though there)
Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/12/2010 1:32 PM - 58 days ago - Afternoon - 4 rank - [direct link]
Back from a trip to Afghanistan, New Hampshire Rep. Carol Shea-Porter says not much appears to have changed since she visited a year ago, though there were signs that the country is starting to ... |
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(future word: Islamist militants Monday during his first visit here, in Afghanistan this month)
Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/12/2010 7:33 AM - 58 days ago - Morning - 2 rank - [direct link]
U.S. Gen. David Petraeus lauded Pakistan's efforts at battling Islamist militants Monday during his first visit here since taking over as top NATO commander in Afghanistan this month.
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